how to use in electron?

[crylg]

var electron = require('electron');
//自动更新
var ws = require('windows-shortcuts');

const autoUpdater = electron.autoUpdater;

// Module to control application life.
var app = electron.app;
// Module to create native browser window.
var BrowserWindow = electron.BrowserWindow;
// Keep a global reference of the window object, if you don't, the window will
// be closed automatically when the JavaScript object is garbage collected.
var mainWindow;
function createWindow() {
// Create the browser window.
mainWindow = new BrowserWindow({ width: 1024, height: 680 });
// and load the index.html of the app.
mainWindow.loadURL("file://" + __dirname + "/index.html");
// Open the DevTools.
// mainWindow.webContents.openDevTools();//开发者
// Emitted when the window is closed.
mainWindow.on('closed', function () {
// Dereference the window object, usually you would store windows
// in an array if your app supports multi windows, this is the time
// when you should delete the corresponding element.
mainWindow = null;
});
}
// This method will be called when Electron has finished
// initialization and is ready to create browser windows.
// Some APIs can only be used after this event occurs.
app.on('ready',
function(){
if(!process.argv[1]) createWindow();
function startupEventHandle(){
if(require('electron-squirrel-startup')) return;
var handleStartupEvent = function () {
if (process.platform !== 'win32') {
return false;
}
var squirrelCommand = process.argv[1];
switch (squirrelCommand) {
case '--squirrel-install':
case '--squirrel-updated':
install();
return true;
case '--squirrel-uninstall':
uninstall();
app.quit();
return true;
case '--squirrel-obsolete':
app.quit();
return true;
}
// 安装
function install() {
var cp = require('child_process');
var updateDotExe = path.resolve(path.dirname(process.execPath), '..', 'update.exe');
var target = path.basename(process.execPath);
// var child = cp.spawn(updateDotExe, ["--createShortcut", target], { detached: true });
ws.create("%APPDATA%/Microsoft/Windows/Start Menu/Programs/MedSpace.lnk", target);
ws.create("%APPDATA%/../../Desktop/MedSpace.lnk",target,function(e){app.quit();});
child.on('close', function(code) {
app.quit();
});
}
// 卸载
function uninstall() {
var cp = require('child_process');
var updateDotExe = path.resolve(path.dirname(process.execPath), '..', 'update.exe');
var target = path.basename(process.execPath);
var child = cp.spawn(updateDotExe, ["--removeShortcut", target], { detached: true });
child.on('close', function(code) {
app.quit();
});
}
};
if (handleStartupEvent()) {
return ;
}
}
function updateHandle(){
ipc.on('check-for-update', function(event, arg) {
let appName='MedSpace系统';
let appIcon=__dirname + '/logo/logo.ico';
let message={
error:'检查更新出错',
checking:'正在检查更新……',
updateAva:'下载更新成功',
updateNotAva:'现在使用的就是最新版本，不用更新',
downloaded:'最新版本已下载，将在重启程序后更新'
};
const os = require('os');
const {dialog} = require('electron');
autoUpdater.setFeedURL('http://update.leiguan.me/medspace');
autoUpdater.on('error', function(error){
return dialog.showMessageBox(mainWindow, {
type: 'info',
icon: appIcon,
buttons: ['OK'],
title: appName,
message: message.error,
detail: '\r'+error
});
})
.on('checking-for-update', function(e) {
return dialog.showMessageBox(mainWindow, {
type: 'info',
icon: appIcon,
buttons: ['OK'],
title: appName,
message: message.checking
});
})
.on('update-available', function(e) {
var downloadConfirmation = dialog.showMessageBox(mainWindow, {
type: 'info',
icon: appIcon,
buttons: ['OK'],
title: appName,
message: message.updateAva
});
if (downloadConfirmation === 0) {
return;
}
})
.on('update-not-available', function(e) {
return dialog.showMessageBox(mainWindow, {
type: 'info',
icon: appIcon,
buttons: ['OK'],
title: appName,
message: message.updateNotAva
});
})
.on('update-downloaded', function (event, releaseNotes, releaseName, releaseDate, updateUrl, quitAndUpdate) {
var index = dialog.showMessageBox(mainWindow, {
type: 'info',
icon: appIcon,
buttons: ['现在重启','稍后重启'],
title: appName,
message: message.downloaded,
detail: releaseName + "\n\n" + releaseNotes
});
if (index === 1) return;
force_quit = true;
autoUpdater.quitAndInstall();
});
autoUpdater.checkForUpdates();
});
}
//自动更新

}

);
// Quit when all windows are closed.
app.on('window-all-closed', function () {
// On OS X it is common for applications and their menu bar
// to stay active until the user quits explicitly with Cmd + Q
if (process.platform !== 'darwin') {
app.quit();
}
});
app.on('activate', function () {
// On OS X it's common to re-create a window in the app when the
// dock icon is clicked and there are no other windows open.
if (mainWindow === null) {
createWindow();
}
});
// In this file you can include the rest of your app's specific main process
// code. You can also put them in separate files and require them here.
//# sourceMappingURL=electron-main.js.map

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Error:Cannot dind module 'windows-shortcuts'

[asoap]

I have it working on electron. The issue is that it won't work when I try install the application. Once the application is run it will execute the shortcuts just fine. But something is stopping it while squirrel is installing the application.

I even changed execFile vs. exec to see if spawning a shell would fix it. But that didn't do it. :(

[j201]

Is the .exe file showing up in the correct location? I don't have time to really dig into this right now, but my suspicion is that these tools have some issue with node modules that contain Windows executables.

[Kreshnik]

Has anyone managed to get it working on electron? For me the creation of shortcuts is not working on Windows 10.

[moeinrahimi]

anyone ?

[mats-codes]

Luckily, electron added a native feature for that: https://www.electronjs.org/docs/api/shell#shellreadshortcutlinkshortcutpath-windows

[j201]

Thanks, I'll add a note on that to the readme.